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Thank you for your quick reply @Jessica Booker. If I were to be awarded a scholarship by my LPC provider (giving a reduction on my LPC fees), do you think the firm would be open to giving me the difference as part of my maintenance grant instead? As they would be paying less in LPC fees on my...
Hi @Jessica Booker - I have a TC starting in September 2023. I did the GDL last year, worked as a paralegal this year, and will start the LPC this September (2022).
The firm I’m training at doesn’t reimburse for the GDL, but will be paying my LPC fees and giving me a maintenance grant...
Hi @Jessica Booker
Thank you for all your help on this forum. I did not manage to secure any vacation schemes this cycle but now have two job offers for a legal assistant role and a paralegal role. I’m not sure which one would be better to strengthen my direct training contract applications in...
Hi!
I haven’t been interviewed there, but try searching the firm name in the forum search box and you will find some info from people who have! Can I ask when you submitted your application and when you were invited to interview?
Thanks!
Hi @Jessica Booker
I also received some of my gdl module results today. On apply4law, a few of my submitted applications allow you to add more information about qualifications and work experiences etc. Should I update these with my gdl marks, even though the deadline for all these applications...
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